Some dumps and transfer stations have a place to set aside the still working
stuff for others to take. Others, though, sell the scrap metal and feel that
you are stealing from them.
Seems to me that salvaging stuff is a good way to go. I know of a fellow
that made a few bucks by taking lawn mowers and repairing them. He'd sell
them for $25 to $50 or so and keep them from filling up the big hole in the
ground.
Logic and municipal laws have nothing in common.

Ugh. I haven't been in weather that hot since a spate of nasty stuff here and
in the Carolinas back in the early and mid-80s.
Charlie Self
"Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and
hurry off as if nothing happened." Sir Winston Churchill

'Patriarch',
Know Phil's at a 'far distance' from here - the question was / is
rhetorical.
There has been several similar references & comments - from U.S. posters.
The closest thing around here {Philly suburbs}is driving around the
neighborhoods with a pick-up or small utility trailer on trash day {and
wouldn't my wife LOVE that !!}. The other option is 'dumpster diving' behind
K-Mart. Do that behind Home Depot or a construction site and the local
constabulary will give you a world of trouble !!
Regards,
Ron Magen
Backyard Boatshop
"patriarch snipped-for-privacy@nospam.comcastDOTnet>" <<patriarch> wrote
SNIP

My eldest son spent a couple of years in the Philly area. Loved the people
and the local food. He told me that it took a California boy a little
while to adjust to the Philly culture, and ways of doing things.
We get no dumpster diving here, either, but that doesn't seem to stop my
brothers-in-law. Me, I have no storage space for what I now own. My wife
is looking forward to me being a net seller at the block garage sale next
month.
I see what a fellow like Lawrence L'Hote (?) does with recycled stuff, and
feel like I waste way too many resources...
Patriarch

I have a 30 x 40 shop in the Seattle area. It has a high ceiling, 14
ft in parts. I opted for a pellet stove since the cost of putting in
a tall chimmney made a wood stove more expensive. I have been very
satisfied with the pellet stove. It is totally enclosed with a fan for
circulating the heat in the shop and another fan for running the
combustion and exhaust. The exhaust is just through the wall. I also
have a ceiling fan to help get the heat out of the tall ceiling area.

Ron,
Here a scrap yard is a dealer who buys/collects scrap and resells at a
vast profit.
The local one call himself "Honest George" (oxymoron). There is all
kinds of rubbish there but somtimes you can find a useful item.
Shades of 'Steptoe and Son' and the sitcom you had with Redd Foxx.
Cheers

[snip]
We have a community dump here in the elevated sticks. Part of the dump
is an area known as "Another Man's Treasure". If you have something
that you can't use or want to sell, you can leave it there for someone
else to pick up and restart the chain. Great place for recyclables.
Oh and which reminds me...
There once was a rich man who was near death. He was very sad because he
had worked so hard for his money and he wanted to be able to take it
with him to heaven. So he began to pray that he might be able to take
some of his wealth with him.
An angel hears his plea and says to him... "Sorry, but you can't take
your wealth with you." The man implores the angel to speak to God to see
if He might bend the rules.
The man continues to pray that his wealth could follow him. The angel
reappears and informs the man that God has decided to allow him to take
one suitcase with him. Overjoyed, the man gathers his largest suitcase
and fills it with pure gold bars and places it beside his bed.
Soon afterward the man dies and shows up at the Gates of Heaven to greet
St. Peter. St. Peter seeing the suitcase says, "Hold on, you can't bring
that in here!"
But, the man explains to St. Peter that he has permission and asks him
to verify his story with the Lord. Sure enough, St. Peter checks and
comes back saying, "You're right. You are allowed one carry-on bag, but
I'm supposed to check its contents before letting it through."
St. Peter opens the suitcase to inspect the worldly items that the man
found too precious to leave behind and exclaims - "You brought
pavement?!!!"

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